More Vermonters are getting back their unclaimed property. Here’s how to find out if you have money waiting.
Vermont is holding on to $175 million in unclaimed funds. Most can be accessed by a simple online form.
‘Stronger now than it was’: Quechee Gorge Bridge reopens with new suicide barriers
The upgrades to the bridge overlooking Vermont’s deepest natural canyon are meant to save lives.
Plan would double St. Johnsbury homeless shelter beds, free up space for families
About 10 to 15 people are typically waiting for a bed to open up at the existing Moose River Drive shelter. The new building, about a quarter mile away, would help meet that need.
Schools in Barre start the year without a district budget
Voters in the city of Barre and Barre town have rejected the district’s proposed budgets twice. Now an even tighter budget will be up for a vote next month.
Sen. Welch meets with Vermont farmers to discuss rural economic crisis
Vermont farmers met with Sen. Peter Welch to discuss land ownership barriers, USDA delays, and the urgent need for stable food policies.
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UVM president says school’s budget deficit is closed despite declining enrollment
Just before the fall semester begins at the University of Vermont, President Marlene Tromp delivered a “State of the University” address.
Vermont Conversation: Alternative media pioneer Nat Winthrop on a half-century of covering Vermont
Winthrop’s new book, “On the Record,” collects his cover stories over the years, from his reporting on a controversial Randolph physician in the 1970s to his stories about Bernie Sanders and ice cream icons Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield as they rose to national fame.
What’s next for Vermont? Meet the reporters covering politics, elections and health care
Join VTDigger at the Manchester Community Library for a free, public conversation with the journalists following some of the biggest decisions facing Vermont this fall.
‘Watershed moment’: Vermont secures $92.7M and new restrictions for teens in Meta settlement
“Our priority is to get the harm to stop,” Clark said Wednesday, calling the required changes to Facebook and Instagram “incredibly useful.”
White River Valley Supervisory Union addresses chronic absenteeism through community connections
Administrators find that working in the community can be just what chronically absent students need.
Vermont’s population of primary care doctors is declining
A new Vermont Department of Health census gives a snapshot of a dwindling population of primary care docs and a steady increase of specialists statewide.
Opinion
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Why are we spending $3 million on doctors who leave?
Vermont is betting millions on a slow pipeline that loses half its doctors anyway, when a fix that works immediately is already sitting in a hospital budget filing.
Transforming healthcare means transforming the conversation
Vermont has the money and the moment to fix its healthcare system. What it needs now is the will to talk honestly about the trade-offs.
Short-term rentals are vital to Vermont’s economy
Blaming vacation rentals for the housing crisis overlooks who’s actually paying more.
Out of sight isn’t a policy
Public drug use isn’t rising because more people are using. It’s rising because they have nowhere left to go.
Urban trees are often planted just to die. Montpelier wants to change that.
About 80% of Montpelier’s downtown trees are in decline thanks to poor site conditions and pests.
Ben & Jerry’s legacy hits bumpy patch with latest turn in corporate saga
“This is about the heart and soul of Ben & Jerry’s,” said co-founder Ben Cohen, and “whether it will continue to take stands that not everybody agrees with.”
Sen. Peter Welch calls for making it easier for Vermont schools to buy more food directly from local farms
Welch and others gathered at a school nutrition conference to find ways to strengthen the connection between Vermont’s local food system and school nutrition programs.
Killington seeks financial help after cash crunch, TIF compliance issues
The town needed to take out a loan as it works on public infrastructure for the multibillion-dollar Killington Village project.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
Class action lawsuit filed in federal court over local PFOA contamination
The suit was filed Thursday against 3M, Dupont and others.
